ESPN’s Pat McAfee and others amplified a false rumor. A teenager’s life was ‘destroyed’

[u/TBP42069]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6245376/2025/04/01/pat-mcafee-espn-ole-miss-student/

[u/Vives_solo_una_vez]

Because he's a 37 year old bro who's target audience is half his age.

[u/Tippacanoe → u/Vives_solo_una_vez]

The fact he’s only 37 truly boggles the mind.

[u/md2224 → u/Tippacanoe]

Aging like a banana.

[u/Vives_solo_una_vez → u/Tippacanoe]

You mean the chains and tanks didn't make you think he was in his 20s?

[u/ontha-comeup → u/Tippacanoe]

Neon red whiskey face will do that to you.

[u/P44_Haynes → u/ontha-comeup]

Bert Kreischer speed run

[u/WhoaABlueCar → u/ontha-comeup]

TRT will do that to you. That’s why his face and head are fucked up

[u/Bank_Gothic → u/ontha-comeup]

The Morgantown Special

[u/9Virtues → u/Tippacanoe]

I can’t be the only one who thought he was 45

[u/Havins → u/Tippacanoe]

We were in college at WVU at the same time. Definitely makes me feel old that people are considering Pat old now.

Hung out with him a few times and he was exactly the same then as he is on TV today. Guy never had/has an off button.

[u/NotHannibalBurress → u/Havins]

I’m around his age, but he looks closer to mid 40s than mid 30s. Also I don’t act in a way that is meant to cater to 17-22 year olds.

[u/skushi08 → u/Tippacanoe]

Jesus, he’s younger than I am. I always assumed he was a decently aging gen Xer in his mid to late 40s.

[u/tosss → u/Vives_solo_una_vez]

I thought he was pushing 50. lol

[u/Deep_Bluejay_8976 → u/Vives_solo_una_vez]

37?! He’s my age and I thought he was at least 45.